Bedstead.



No. 685,448. Patented oct. 29', I90l. J; RlJACDBS.

BEDSTEAD.

(Application filed May 23, 1901.)

(No Model.)

27 wlzey UNI D STATES ATENT Fries.

JOHN R. JACOBS, OF SHORTHILLS, NEWV JERSEY.

BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,448, dated October 29, 1901. Application filed m 2%,1901. Serial No- 61,496. on model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN R. JACOBS, a citi zen of Argentina, residing at Shorthills, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a bedstead of a new and improved form having a movable guard-frame to prevent children or restless invalids from accidentally rolling from the same, which guard-frame may be quickly shifted from the retaining position into that required to give free access to the patient for removal or medication.

To such ends my invention consists, in substance, of a bedstead the corner-legs of the frame of which extend upward in the form of posts, the outer side of each of which forms a guide-rail for rollers carried by a rectangular guard-frame, means for simultaneously lifting or raising the opposite sides of the guard-frame, a 'counterpoise for the lifting device, and means for locking the guardframe in any desired position, all as hereinafter fully shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which like letters of reference designate corresponding parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved form of bedstead, the guard-frame being shown in the lowered position, so as to give free access to the bed. Fig. 2 is a detailed front view,on an enlarged scale, of a portion of one of the posts with the guardframe roller held in the raised position by the securing bolt or pin; and Fig. 3 is a view of that portion of the construction shown inFig. 2 in section on the line m 00 of Fig. 2 looking from the top.

In my invention the bedstead-frame proper may be of any desired shape or form of construction, the same usually consisting of a rectangular frame A for supporting the springs and mattress, supported upon four legs B, which extend upward beyond the frame A, as shown, so as to form posts, which are usually connected together by a rectangular frame 0, so as to form a tester, which may, if desired, be closed bylattice-work and covered with cloth and drapery,as in the old-fashioned tester-beds.

WVhatever the form in cross-section of the leg-posts B, they are each provided on their outer side with a suitable guideway or surface 12, along which move easily up and down the guide-rollers h, with which the guardframe D is provided at the top and bottom at each corner. Such guard-frame D is usually of the form shown, consisting of a rectangular lattice structure formed of top bars at and bottom bars e, connected together by spindle-bars j", which bars 01 and e are joined to one another at the corners by short shafts g, bent at the ends, as shown at 7, so as to enter the same, .upon the central straight portions of which shafts are revolubly mounted the friction rollers or wheels h, which abut snugly against the guideways b and form the only contact of the guard-frame D'with the bedstead-frame, which it surrounds.

The leg-posts B are provided at suitable points with holes M, adapted to receive se curing pins or bolts L, which when in position abut against the rollers h, so'as to prevent upward and downward movement thereof, according as such pin is inserted in a top hole below or a bottom hole above such rollers, so as to lock the guard-frame D in a raised position or in the lowered position.

(Shown in Fig. 1.)

Secured to the guard-frame B, preferably at one end, by being passed through holes formed for that purpose in the top bars d and bottom bars e of the guard-frame D and knotted below said bars, as'shown at m, is a cord H, which passes over a pulley it, carried by the tester-frame O, which cord is usually endless, as shown, and is provided on the outer lap with a counterpoise-weight K, and secured to the rope or cord H and passing over the pulley it, across the tester-frame O, and down over a pulley lo at the other end of the tester-frame O and secured at that end to the guard-frame D in the same manner that the cord or rope H is secured to the other end thereof is a rope I. By this arrangement and construction it will be seen that'by drawing down upon the weight K or by lifting upward guard-frame D the same may be easily forced upward into position so as to inclose the tester portion of the bed-frame, in which position such guard-frame may be secured by placing one or more of the securing-pins L in the hole or holes M, formed to receive said bolt or pin beneath one or more of the rollers h.

I do not desire to confine myself to the exact formation of parts and construction of details herein shown and described, as I conceive my invention to be novel in its plan and broad in its scope.

It is manifest that my invention may be altered or varied within the spirit and scope thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a bedstead, the combination with a frame, of leg-posts each provided on the outer surface with a slideway, a rectangular guardframe surrounding the frame and leg-posts provided with suitable revoluble friction-rollers abutting against the slideways, and means for locking the guard-frame in position, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a bedstead the combination with a frame, of leg-posts each provided on the outer surface with a slideway a rectangular guardframe having top and bottom bars surrounding the frame and leg-posts, shafts securing the side and end pieces of the top and bottom bars together at the corners, and friction-rollers mounted upon the shafts, substantially as shown and described 3. The combination with a tester bed-frame,

of a rectangular movable guard=frame surrounding the tester bed-frame, a pulley carried by the tester-top, a rope or cord secured to the guard-frame and passing over the pulley, and a counterpoise-weight secured to the rope or cord, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination with a tester bed-frame, of a rectangular movable guard surrounding the tester bed-frame, a pulley located at either end of the tester-top, a rope secured to the guard-frame at one end passing over the pulley at that end thence over the tester-top to the other end, and a rope passing over the second pulley secured to the first rope so that both ropes will be drawn at once over the second pulley, which rope is also secured to the guard-frame at that end, substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination with a tester bed-frame, of a rectangular movable guard surrounding the tester bedframe, a pulley located at either end of the tester-top, a rope secured to the guard-frame at one end passing over the pulley at that end thence over the tester-top to the other end, a rope passing over the second pulley secured to the first rope so that both ropes will be drawn at once over the second pulley,which rope is also secured to the guardframe at that end, and a counterpoise-weight secured to the second rope or pulley, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a bedstead the combination with a frame, of leg-posts each provided on the outer surface with slideways, a rectangular guardframe having top and bottom bars surrounding the frame and leg-posts, shafts securing the side and end pieces of the top and bottom bars together at the corners, fl'lCllOllIOllGl'S mounted upon the shafts and abutting upon the slideways of the leg-posts, a pulley located at either end of the upper portion of the frame, a rope secured to the guard-frame at one end passing over the pulley at that end and thence over the bed-frame to and over the pulley at the other end, and a rope passing over the second pulley to which the first rope is secured in such manner that both ropes will be drawn over such second pulley, the second rope being secured to the guard-frame at that end, substantially as shown and described.

7. In a bedstead, the combination with the bed-frame, of a rectangular guard-frame surrounding the bedframe capable of vertical reciprocations, and means for locking the guardframe in the raised position so as to protect the occupant of the bed, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as JOHN R. JACOBS.

\Vitnesses:

T. A. STEWART, L. R. BAYER. 

